Clean racing once more by Raikkonen, he might be a dog in qualifying now but the race craft is still there.

Norris lost a lot in the pits, but he doesn't seem as comfortable on these tyres compared to the first set.

A grandstand finish ahead?

One of the least deserving wins for me.

Saw both sides of Hamilton today.

 

The poor judgment and a typical error under pressure but then some fine driving toward the end.

 

 

 

I did feel quite patriotic with that win tho :/

These incidents are quite interesting. On the one hand I don't want to see anyone out of a race, on the other hand I do very much want to see racing and overtaking. When drivers are side by side in effect then it's very difficult to expect them to give in the racing line if they have the inside of the corner - I thought the same about both penalties last week.

Lewis didn't have the racing line though. He was on the inside but that part of the track is dirty and he missed the apex drifting across into Max who had left enough room for him. Onboard footage show Max adjust his steering once he realises Lewis is there but it's too late.

It's a stonewall penalty for Lewis, (that his front left hits Max's right rear is evidence enough in most cases), the only real question is whether the penalty was too soft. Particularly as Hamilton's been making a habit of it recently

 

Personally I think it should have been a 10 sec stop go

I'm definitely not saying that Lewis was innocent in that incident, more that I'm glad that they're actually racing each other. I wouldn't want to see a situation where they are put off trying to overtake whenever they can.

 

(ps I'm not being blindly supportive of the british driver either, I'd be more than happy to see Max win the title at the end of the year)

Another disaster race for Raikonen and Vettel regressing to his old bad habits

poor Sanz, his team lets him down with the messy pit stops half of the time

The more I watched the incident the more I thought the penalty was fair, you judge a penalty based on the incident and not the outcome or the strength of the car being driven, if that was say Ocon and Stroll I don't think anyone would have battered an eyelid at a 10s penalty.

 

It's an exciting result for the perspective of the championship fight as it was in danger of becoming like a lot of runaway seasons, I'm still fully expecting Verstappen to cruise to the title as the Red Bull does look significantly stronger.

Well all these three incidents have one thing in common:

 

 

 

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.al...6650811542.html

 

 

 

 

Lewis taking out a Red Bull..

None of those links work Mack!

 

 

I didn’t see the race, I’m not generally a fan of Silverstone tbh. But I’ve seen the first lap overtakes and Hamilton was defo at fault there. The line he was on was too wide to hit the apex and for him to be on the normal inside line for that turn. He steamed in late and desperate and Max paid the price. Such a Heavy accident at the highest speed corner on the entire calendar deserves more than a slap on the wrist, first lap or not. I really hope that at the end of the year the gap in points is more than the 25pt gain from Silverstone else it’ll go down with an Asterisk like Schumachers 94 title.

 

There was no need for the subsequent racist abuse online. I don’t understand why the first thing people go for is skin colour. There’s a rich tapestry of reasons to go after Hamilton and none of them are his skin colour.

I was there Sunday (Hangar Straight like 2 years ago) and my word, what a atmosphere :wub: It was bloody hot but that didn't take away from the experience. Absolute scenes when Lewis caught Leclerc with 3 laps to go!

 

I've ebbed and flowed on the lap 1 incident, initially thinking Lewis was to blame to it being more a racing incident. I'd say overall the penalty is perhaps about right given Lewis was the "aggressor" per se but on the other hand I think Max could have played the long game as I think RB had overall the better racecraft this weekend. It was a bit similar to the first corner at Spain where Max went steaming in & Lewis had to avoid and thus essentially played the long game. Shame we didn't get a longer battle because that half a lap was absolutely epic and will be replayed for generations to come. Important thing is Max is OK cos I've since seen a crowd-height video at Copse and it looked terrifying!

 

Also I'd been saying for some time that Russell would finally finish top 10 but it would be in the Sprint and thus he'd get no points for it. You really couldn't make it up.

I definitely think you're right there about the first corner in Barcelona. Looking at Max's onboard from the weekend, it was obvious that Hamilton was going to crash into him and he had a large amount of track with a good run off room that he didn't attempt to use. It was definitely Lewis fault but Max could certainly have taken greater action to avoid it, and may not even have lost the lead given how tight Lewis line would have been.

Edited July 20, 20213 yr by RabbitFurCoat

I'll just leave this here -

 

“Ultimately, when someone destroys your race through an error and it’s kind of a tap on the hand really – they’re allowed to come back and still finish ahead of that person he took out – it doesn’t weigh up. You shouldn’t really be able to finish ahead of him if you took him out of the race.”

 

– Lewis Hamilton 2018 after the French GP when his teammate Bottas crashed with Vettel.

Edited July 20, 20213 yr by Severin

I'll just leave this here -

 

“Ultimately, when someone destroys your race through an error and it’s kind of a tap on the hand really – they’re allowed to come back and still finish ahead of that person he took out – it doesn’t weigh up. You shouldn’t really be able to finish ahead of him if you took him out of the race.”

 

– Lewis Hamilton 2018 after the French GP when his teammate Bottas crashed with Vettel.

TEA

I'll just leave this here -

 

“Ultimately, when someone destroys your race through an error and it’s kind of a tap on the hand really – they’re allowed to come back and still finish ahead of that person he took out – it doesn’t weigh up. You shouldn’t really be able to finish ahead of him if you took him out of the race.”

 

– Lewis Hamilton 2018 after the French GP when his teammate Bottas crashed with Vettel.

Womp there it is.

 

 

I’ve said for a while that he’s just not a good sportsman. He’s a bad winner and loser and it’s just super off putting

He’s a bad winner and loser and it’s just super off putting

 

I think I've thought this about all the multiple champions since I started following F1, at various points I've found them awful and have always wanted their main rival to win, but have really warmed to Lewis again in the last couple of years, probably helps that I think Horner is massive bellend.

Formula 1 have confirmed that the Italian Grand Prix will be the host of the second sprint qualifying test event, and announced a revised schedule for the weekend.